78 HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | AUGUST 23, 2021
2021
The debate over COVID-19
vaccine mandates heats up,
as vaccinations become widely
available and employers try to
figure out how to safely return
workers to the office.
Hartford's major employers
announce they don't plan to bring
the majority of their workforce
back to the office until after
Labor Day, at the earliest.
Connecticut lawmakers legalize
recreational marijuana use,
opening up a whole new industry
in the state.
JARIA C. ALJOJE
FALLON BANKS
KEITH BERNIER
MONIQUE BIGGS
TREY BONGIOVANNI
FOSTER CHARLES
ALBERT CHENG
MELISSA DETHLEFSEN
JILL DUVAL
EDWARD E. ENGBERG
JULIO FIGUEROA
JENNY GAFFNEY
CRYSTAL GONZALEZ
JACKIE GUZIE
ALI HAYTER
MELINDA JOHNSON
JACQUELINE LARAMEE
MICHAEL MACRI
JENNIFER E. MATHIEU
KARRI MAY
KRISTOPHER MCKELVIE
HASSAN M. MINHAS
EMILEE MOONEY
ISLAM M. MOSA
KAILEE M. OSTROSKI
MONICA PEREZ
KARISHMA PINTO
DIANA PIQUETTE
CURTIS PORTER
MANNY SANCHEZ
TAHARA SHARAY CHAPMAN
HENRY SIEMON
LISA STARON
CHARLA R. STETSON
JEREMY SZECHENY
MATTHEW L. TEICH
KEL THOMAS
CHRISTOPHER TROXELL
JUSTIN WILCOX
CASSIE WILDMAN
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Indian tech company HCL
Technologies signs a downtown
Hartford lease at State House
Square, where it will open a global
delivery center to offer services to smart
manufacturing, insurance, aerospace,
and defense industry companies, the
largest of which will be Stanley
Black & Decker.
